Use the Following Graphs and Information to Answer Questions 13

question 10

Multiple Choice

Use the following graphs and information to answer questions 13, 14, and 15. This figure shows the tail shape developed by three tadpole genotypes (M, N, and O) , when raised in an environment with predators and an environment without predators. In the presence of predators, tadpoles with large tails have high fitness and tadpoles with small tails have low fitness. When predators are not present, tadpoles with large tails have low fitness and tadpoles with small tails have high fitness.

-Which genotype(s) exhibit(s) phenotypic plasticity in response to predators?

• A) M only
• B) N only
• C) O only
• D) both M and N
• E) both N and O

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Definitions:

Sound Of A Bell

Auditory stimuli that are typically produced by striking a bell, often used in classical conditioning experiments to elicit a conditioned response.

UCS And CS

Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS) is a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning; Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Coyotes

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